2015年成人高考学士学位英语内部押密试题（5）

Directions: For this part， you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic "An In-creasing Number of People are Studying for Master Degrees"You should write at least 120 words， and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:

1．越来越多的人在读硕士学位；

2．其中的原因；

3．你个人的看法。

这位古希腊哲学家似乎能用简单的文字表达复杂的思想。

我本来打算今天给你这本书的，可是我忘了。

我往车站跑的时候，遇到了约翰。

父母没有预料到孩子的问题这样难回答。

总之，真正的诗人是掌握语言的大师。

It may be said that we think with our muscles in somewhat the same way that we listen to music with our bodies. （Passage 1 ）

A few newspapers support extremist groups on the far right and on the far left， but most daily newspapers attempt to attract middle-of-the-road Americans who are essentially moderate.（ Passage 3 ）

It might appear that" Uncle Tom‘ s Cabin" was universally popular， but this was certainly not true. （ Passage 2 ）

Some was collected by this season‘ s plants as carbon compounds. Some was stored by plants and trees ages ago. （Passage 3）

The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. （Passage 2 ）

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• A.interest
• B.reliance
• C.faith
• D.taste

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• A.possible 
• B.advisable
• C.acceptable 
• D.desirable

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• A.made 
• B.done 
• C.finished 
• D.performed

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• A.supplementary 
• B.spare
• C.auxiliary
• D.extra

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• A.so
• B.too 
• C.quite
• D.very

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• A.prevented
• B.protected
• C.blocked
• D.refused

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• A.failed
• B.dropped
• C.fallen
• D.missed

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• A.excuses 
• B.causes 
• C.words
• D.reasons

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• A.share
• B.part
• C.offer
• D.piece

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• A.more
• B.much
• C.less 
• D.little

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• A.collective
• B.public 
• C.individual 
• D.private

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• A.favor
• B.advantages
• C.rights 
• D.priority

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• A.let
• B.provide
• C.supply
• D.grant

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• A.from
• B.in 
• C.with
• D.for

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• A.drops
• B.withdraws
• C.avoids 
• D.dislikes

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• A.that
• B.which
• C.it
• D.what

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• A.short
• B.slight 
• C.scarce 
• D.rare

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• A.essential
• B.elementary
• C.necessary 
• D.principal

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One type of person that is common in many countries is the one who always tries to do as little as possible and to get as much(56)return as he can. His opposite, the man who has(57)for doing more that is strictly(58)and who is ready to accept(59)is offered in return, is(60) everywhere.

Both these types are entirely different(61)thei behavior. The man who(62)is always talking about his "(63)"; he thinks that society should(64)him a pleasant, easy life. The man (who is always doing more than(65)) talks of "duties" ; he feels that the66is in debt to society.

The man who tries to do as(67)as he can is always full of(68)For instance, if he has (69)to do something, it was because he was(70)by bad luck. His opposite is never(71) busy to take ona(an)(72)piece of work. So it is(73)that if you want something(74)ina hurry, go to the busiest man whom you have(75)in.

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• A.in
• B.by 
• C.as 
• D.of

请回答题（57）题 查看材料

• A.courage
• B.enthusiasm
• C.interest
• D.sense

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There was a good__________ of the countryside from the front of the bus.

• A.sight
• B.view
• C.scene 
• D.scenery

Please keep an eye on my luggage， and I‘ ll be back__________.

• A.in time
• B.in no time 
• C.at one time
• D.at a time

The mini-skirt is__________.

• A.in fashions 
• B.in a fashion
• C.in fashion 
• D.in the fashion

There was nothing they could do__________.

• A.but to wait
• B.only to wait
• C.but wait
• D.unless they waited

In my opinion， you can widen the __________of these improvements through your active partici-pation.

• A.dimension 
• B.volume
• C.magnitude 
• D.scope

If you __________your demand， then maybe you will have more chance of getting what you want.

• A.conduct 
• B.dismiss 
• C.grant
• D.moderate

__________ the fog， we should have reached our destination.

• A.Because of 
• B.In spite of 
• C.In case of 
• D.But for

All their attempts to __________the child from the burning building were in vain.

• A.regain
• B.recover
• C.rescue 
• D.reserve

Not a single word__________ all morning.

• A.did he say 
• B.he said
• C.said he 
• D.does he say

I__________on seeing the manager. The service in this hotel is terrible.

• A.insist
• B.persist 
• C.affirm 
• D.protest

Vitamins do not provide energy， nor do they construct or build any part of the body. They are needed for__________ foods into energy and body maintenance.

• A.transforming 
• B.transferring
• C.altering
• D.shifting

When she does something， Mrs. Brown feels that her little child is always__________.

• A.under way
• B.in the way
• C.on the way
• D.by the way

The novel ended happily， and the young couple was married__________.

• A.in the final
• B.in the end
• C.to the last 
• D.in conclusion

The __________ stuck on the envelope says "By Air".

• A.diagram
• B.label
• C.signal 
• D.mark

__________speaking， I think writing is rather boring.

• A.Honest
• B.Honestly 
• C.Very 
• D.Really

I remember her face but I cannot __________where I met her.

• A.recall
• B.remind 
• C.remember 
• D.remark

__________ ， the new medicine is now in mass production.

• A.With the solved problem
• B.With this problem being solved
• C.With the problem solved
• D.With this problem to solve

Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee __________to investigate the incident.

• A.were set up
• B.was set up
• C.be set up 
• D.set up

The government placed__________on the numbers of foreign cars that could be imported.

• A.limitations
• B.restraint
• C.requirements
• D.restrictions

The storm sweeping over this area now is sure to cause __________of vegetables in the coming days.

• A.rarity
• B.scarcity
• C.invalidity 
• D.variety

In some countries__________are getting richer and richer.

• A.rich 
• B.the rich
• C.riches. 
• D.the riches

Please let us have more time，__________?

• A.shall we
• B.will you
• C.won" t you
• D.don" t you

According to the weather forecast， which is usually __________ ， it will snow this afternoon.

• A.accurate 
• B.precise 
• C.exact
• D.perfect

Because the company was doing more business， it was necessary to __________the factory.

• A.extend
• B.increase
• C.rise 
• D.lookers

. We love peace， yet we are not the kind of people to yield __________any military threat.

• A.up
• B.to
• C.in
• D.at

The most important __________of his speech was that we should all work whole-heartedly for the people.

• A.element 
• B.spot
• C.sense
• D.point

No sooner had I closed the door than somebody started knocking __________it.

• A.on 
• B.with 
• C.to
• D.for

He had been __________to give up much of his time to housework.

• A.ordered
• B.persuaded
• C.compelled
• D.frightened

There are four departments at this college，__________more than five hundred students.

• A.with each have
• B.each having
• C.each of them have 
• D.with each is having

What makes the space shuttle__________ is that it takes off like a rocket but lands like an air-plane.

• A.exceptional
• B.strange
• C.unique
• D.rare

The passage is mainly about__________. 查看材料

• A.the characteristics of American newspapers
• B.thc development of American newspapers
• C.the functions of American newspapers
• D.the merits and shortcomings of American newspapers

Many American newspapers attract readers of different political tendency by__________. 查看材料

• A.supporting extremist groups from time to time
• B.inviting middle-of-the-road Americans to write articles for them
• C.avoiding carrying articles about extremists
• D.printing articles representing different political viewpoints

In this passage， the word "press" （Para. 2） means__________. 查看材料

• A.a machine for printing 
• B.the business of printing
• C.great force 
• D.newspapers

Most American newspapers try to entertain their readers because__________. 查看材料

• A.they have to keep up a good relation with them
• B.they have to compete with television
• C.they have to write about crime， sex and rumor
• D.they have to give factual news in an interesting way

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No country in the world has more daily newspapers than the USA. There are almost 2,000 of them, as compared with 180 in Japan, 164 in Argentina and 111 in Britain. The quality of some American papers is extremely high and their views are quoted all over the world. Distinguished dai-lies like the Washington Post or the New York Times have a powerful influence all over the country.

However, the Post and the Times are not national newspapers in the sense that The Times is in Britain or LeMonde is in France, since each American city has its own daily newspaper. The best of these present detailed accounts of national and international news, but many tend to limit them-selves to state or cite news.

Like the press in most other countries, American newspapers range from the "sensational",which feature crime, sex and rumor, to the serious, which focus on factual news and the analysis of world events. But with few exceptions American newspapers try to entertain as well as give in-formation, for they have to compete with television.

Just as American newspapers give way to all tastes, so do they also try and apply to readers for all political persuasions. (80) A few newspapers support extremist gr_roups on the far right and on the far left, but most daily news papers attempt to attract middle-of-the-road Americans who are essentially moderate. Many of these papers print columns by well-known journalists of different po-litical and social views, in order to present a balanced picture.

• As in other democratic countries American newspapers can be either responsible or irresponsi- ble, but it is generally accepted that the American press serves its country well and that it has more than once bravely uncovered political scandals (丑闻) or cri
• A.Britain than in the USA 
• B.France than in Britain
• C.the USA than in Britain or France
• D.France than in the USA or Britain

These three events __________all human beings. 查看材料

• A.affected
• B.have affected
• C.are affecting 
• D.affect

These are the greatest __________in human life. 查看材料

• A.situations 
• B.happenings
• C.conditions 
• D.facts

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Birth, marriage and death:these are the greatest events in human life. Many things, good and bad, can happen to us in our lives. (79)Yet there are three days which are usually marked by some kind of special ceremony: the day we are bom ;the day we get married and the day we die.

These are the three main events in life. We only have a choice in the second of these: we can choose whether or not to marry. But we have no choice in birth and death. All human beings-- from the most primitive to the most sophisticated--are affected by these three events. The only thing that differs in each society is the way these events are celebrated. Yet all societies share com- mon characteristics. Birth is a time of joy. The proud parents receive congratulations and presents on behalf of the new-born. Marriage is also a time of joy. The young couple go through a special wedding ceremony and receive presents to help them set up their home. (80)Death is a time of sorrow and is marked by a special ceremony and mourning. The dates of all three events are usually remembered.

• All human societies__________.                  查看材料
• A.celebrate the three main events in life， but in different ways
• B.are not affected by these three events
• C.celebrate these three events in exactly the same way
• D.are the same

There are three days__________ are usually marked by some kind of special ceremony. 查看材料

• A.who
• B.that
• C.when 
• D.whose

The dates of the three main events in life are usually remembered because __________. 查看材料

• A.of the celebrations
• B.they are important
• C.there are special ceremonies
• D.societies share common characteristics

When Abraham Lincoln called Harriet "the little lady who started this big war"， he__________. 查看材料

• A.thought that she was almost a war criminal
• B.was talking about the great influence her book had produced
• C.was blaming her for the miseries the people had suffered during the war
• D.was praising her for the contributions she had made during the war

The writer wrote the passage in order to__________. 查看材料

• A.expose the evils of the slavery system
• B.condemn all kinds of war
• C.describe people" s life in Harriet" s time
• D.tell us how Harriet wrote her famous book

Han‘iet Beecher Stowe was able to describe the evils of slavery because__________. 查看材料

• A.she had lived for 18 years in a state where slavery was legal
• B.she had suffered quite a lot under the slavery system
• C.she had witnessed what happened under the slavery system
• D.she had read a lot about the slavery system

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Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery book," Uncle Tom' s Cab-in". But neither she nor her first publisher thought it would be a big success. (78)The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to split the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress.

But when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1852, they sold out in two days. In a year the book had sold 300,000 copies in the United States and 150,000 in England. For a while it outsold(销得比... 多) every book in the world, except the Bible.

Within six months of its release, a play was made from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained America'. s most popular play for 80 years.

( 79 ) It might appear that" Uncle Tom' s Cabin" was universally popular, but this was certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War days--particularly defenders of the slavery sys-tem-condemned it as false propaganda and poorly written melodrama(传奇剧作品).

Harriet did have strong religious views against slavery ( When asked how she came to write the book, she replied," God wrote it. "), and she tried to convince people slavery was wrong, so per-haps the book could be considered propaganda. But if so, it was true propaganda, because it accu-rately described the evils of slavery.

Though she was born in Connecticut, 1832, as a young woman she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when her father accepted the presidency of newly founded Lane Theological Seminary( 神学 院). Ohio was a free state, but just across the Ohio River in Kentucky, Harriet saw slavery in ac-

tion. She lived 18 years in Cincinnati, marrying Calvin Stowe, professor of a college. In 1851, Harriet Beecher Stowe began her book.

Its vast influence strengthened the anti-slavery movement and angered defenders of the slave system. Today some historians(历史学家) think that it helped bring on the American Civil War.

In fact, when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet at the White House during the Civil War, he said,"So, this is the little lady who started this big war. "

Before the publication of the book "Uncle Tom‘ s Cabin"__________.                  查看材料

• A.Harriet knew that it would be a great success
• B.the publisher wanted Harriet to publish it at her own expense
• C.nobody knew that it would become a very popular book
• D.no publisher wanted to publish this anti-slavery book

Some people did not like "Uncle Tom‘s Cabin" chiefly because__________. 查看材料

• A.the author was merely an unknown little lady
• B.they thought it was mere propaganda
• C.the book was poorly written
• D.the book might lead to a terrible war

Speaker A: I‘ ve just heard that the tickets for Swan Lake have been sold out.

Speaker B : Oh， no !__________

• A.It doesn" t matter.
• B.It" s not at all interesting.
• C.I was looking forward to it.
• D.I knew it already.

Speaker A: Are you feeling better now?

Speaker B：__________

• A.Well， not too better yet， thank you.
• B.Well， not too good yet. Better than I was though.
• C.Well， it doesn" t matter.
• D.I" m all right now.

Wilson: Hello. May I speak to Peter?

Peter:__________

• A.Sorry， the number is engaged. Will you hold?
• B.Yes， speaking.
• C.Hello. Who" re you please?
• D.Hello. Thank you for calling.

Salesman: Good morning. Planning to buy a new car today?

Customer:__________

Salesman: What kind of car are you looking for?

Customer: Something that has enough room for my family.

• A.I" m just looking around.
• B.I" m just looking everywhere.
• C.I" m just looking here and there.
• D.I" m just looking all the cars.

W: Please deposit （投进去） twenty more cents.

M:__________

• A.Oh， dear， I don" t have any more money. I" 11 have to hang up now.
• B.Deposit twenty more cents. It" s an astronomical figure for me.
• C.Sorry， I didn" t owe you twenty more cents.
• D.Sorry， I didn" t even have a bank account book.

Pupil : I apologize for being late this morning. My alarm clock didn‘ t ring.

Teacher:__________

• A.That" s all right. These things often happen.
• B.Would you please forgive me? I never accept any apologies at all.
• C.Thank you. You" re really too kind apologizing to me.
• D.Never mind. You don" t have to be so polite.

Teacher: Where is Mike this morning?

Student: He‘ s got a cold.

Teacher:__________

• A.Just tell him to take it easy.
• B.He is absent.
• C.What" s the matter with him?
• D.What? Where is he?

Bus Driver: Move to the back of the bus， please. There are plenty of seats.

Passenger:__________

Bus Driver: Forty cents. Drop it in the box?

• A.What is the price， please?
• B.What shall be the fee， please?
• C.How much does it cost， please?
• D.How much is the fare， please?

W: How did your interview go?

M:__________

• A.A manager interviewed me.
• B.I couldn" t feel better about it ! The questions were very fair， and I seemed to find answers for all of them.
• C.I was fully confident that I answered all the questions to the needs of the interviewer.
• D.I answered all the questions of the interviewer to his satisfaction. But he may discriminate against me.

Anny: Do you still have a headache， Mike?

Mike: Yes， I do. And now I have a fever and cough constantly.

• Anny:__________
• A.That" s very regretful.
• B.That" s pitiful.
• C.That" s too bad.
• D.That" s a pity.

Salesman:__________

Customer: Yes. What size is that green T-shirt?

• A.Do you want to buy anything?
• B.Excuse me， what are you doing?
• C.Are you just looking around?
• D.Anything I can do for you?

M: That‘ s a beautiful dress you have on!

W:__________

• A.Actually， I don" t like it very much.
• B.Oh， thank you. I just got it yesterday.
• C.Yes， I think so.
• D.No， it" s not that beautiful. Yours is better.

Tom: Paulo，__________

Paulo: Nice to meet you.

• A.I would like you to meet my friend， Alex.
• B.How are you?
• C.It is a nice day， isn" t it?
• D.It is Alex.

Speaker A: Can I do anything for you?

Speaker B :__________

• A.No. You can" t do anything for me.
• B.Never mind.
• C.It" s my pleasure.
• D.No， it" s all right. I can manage myself.

W: Would you do me a favor?

M:__________

• A.I would.
• B.With pleasure.
• C.I don" t know if I can.
• D.What is the favor?